At the end of last month, I did an update on my New Year's resolution, which was to maintain my A1C during pregnancy. But for the month of January, it was a little harder. As I mentioned, that insulin resistance was extreme and always on the climb, so I spent the better part of January and February chasing down highs and adjusting carb ratios and basal rates.
Now, at the tail end of February, I'm finally seeing a little bit of stability. Even though my A1C did a bit of a leap (from 6.0% to...
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